User talk:Bro. Joshua Idodo

NIGERIA YOUTH SERVICE CORPS BENUE STATE CAMP EXPERIENCE "UNDER THE SUN OR IN THE RAIN" Hard to fade away memories, when you remember the sound of the annoying militarycamp bugle and how it kicks you out of early morning sweet sleep in its deepest state at about 4:30 am. Trust me on this because any attempt to resist only incurs a horse-whip from soldiers whose hearts are made from Ajaokuta Rocks. In the coldest hour of the day on the hills of Wannune village in the great Ancient city of TIV kingdom, Benue state, Nigeria Forced out of our Manholes called rooms abused to accommodate Ten-times more than the original intent of the architect. "DOUBLE UP, DOUBLE UP" a frustrating sound you hear behind you until you successfully run-walk down to the meditation ground(camp assembly ground). Now you are standing at Erect before the Camp commandant and his humble but eye-serviced officials who were hugged-over from too much Alcohol consumption at the Mami-Market in competition with boys who are yet to answer the question of what is next from this faith of a cockroach trap. Of course, the NYSC anthem is mandatary even if your conscience does not agree with most of the lines, especially where they reads “Under the sun or in the rain" what? We are yet to be soldiers by the way! Thank God the morning assemblies are over, what a relief aside the fact that the que for breakfast tends to be longer than the que of the dead and stretched longer than the roads on Mountains Andes in North America. And the sad fact that only "a patient Dog in this situation will not take tea for breakfast" so? It is a matter of first come last served lol. Our breakfast was the best compared to that of kiri kiri prisoners. The tea content was made up of 97% of 100 Degree Celsius hot water but you are free to assume or calculate the proportion of sugar, milk and chocolate. If graduates can take such a rich tea, I wonder what the Jailers would serve the prisoners in Prisons. "Like the game called “survival of the fittest" only the punctual “quers” will walk away with either tea or bread, and the fast & furious both. It is popular to say all work no play makes jack a dull boy, so at noon we are all expected to be in lecture hall against our choices, once you hear the exclamation YOUTH OBEY! The truth is? This guys are not interested in teaching you anything but just to fulfil their obligation to keep the credit Alert coming in at the end of the month. To be candid, my first lunch stained my food warmer with too much oil so I decided not to visit the camp kitchen until God saw us through, Thank God for Mami Market and especially Aunt Lilian the C.E.O. of my crew mami's-joint. Where lunch was sure like oxygen, even though before we could half our lunch comes the ugly sound of the BUGLE again, well! We had no other choice than to leave our food on the hope of “to be continued". The noon / evening assemblies would have been the worst only that the girls helped to subsidise it by spending their lunch time to make up for the boys to admire, please forgive me if that was all I spent my evenings doing. well that was not all, I remember vividly my crew chibuzor, Joe, Odi & I always spend the rest of the evenings together at aunt Lilian’s place in Mami-market to ponder on pressing puzzles about issues of life after camp. Until the Almighty "BUGLE" roars again and retreat everyone back to our camp Mantraps. I know you think this is a one day experience but it kept on like this for 20days and on the 21st day was like the day of rapture, everyone happy and sad at the same time, happy because the camping has come to an end for good, but sad as no one knows what the "POSTING LETTER READS" Some had to cry while others were laughing out loud still some of us had to accept our faith and find ourselves in Vandeikya Local government Area, Benue state. And we lived happily ever after with this kind of big bowls pounded yams and all kinds of soups for 12 calendar months. As for L.I (NYSC Local government Inspector) and C.L.O (Corps Liason Officer), let us leave them for God until we are privileged to tell them “VAYEIKWA” (Come and eat food) but not under the sun or in the rain this time. I miss you all(≠ BENENUE CORPS MEMBERS NNDEAVEH≠) Bro. Joshua Idodo (talk) 13:23, 11 July 2016 (UTC) Bro. Joshua Idodo